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discus guy

discus guy

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is it posibble to make a fuge out of a 10 gallon tank . i allready have a sump that i have my skimmer in so i wont need to put the skimmer in the fuge. can anyone help me out and can i have one overflow for both or do i need two overflows one for each.
 
gwh57

gwh57

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Originally Posted by discus guy
is it posibble to make a fuge out of a 10 gallon tank . i allready have a sump that i have my skimmer in so i wont need to put the skimmer in the fuge. can anyone help me out and can i have one overflow for both or do i need two overflows one for each.
I have two 10g tanks under my display. One is the refug with macroalgae, sand and liverock. It gets it's water from a direct siphon coming from the display. I have a bulkhead about 4" from the top that drains into another 10g tank holding my return pump, bioballs and filters. The second tank is also fed bu my overflow box from the display (it gets it's water from two sources). Mine works great.
 
discus guy

discus guy

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i have my skimmer and my return pump and some live rock and some filter foss but the skimmer and return pump take up mostly the whole sump
 
trainfever

trainfever

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Do you have the 10 gallon tank yet? If not, my suggestion would be to buy as big a tank that would fit under your display tank and get rid of your sump. Then build a sump/refugium out of the new tank.
 
discus guy

discus guy

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i have a 10 gallon the is just sitting in my room doing nothing just collecting dust thats why and i just bought the sump and skimmer so i really dont wanna ditch them i just wanna add on to my tank. i really wanna get a reef lobster thats y i want a fuge for him to live in cause they say they are reef safe but i have heard they will go after shrimp and i dont want that
 
trainfever

trainfever

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In that case, the best thing to do would be to drill both the sump and tank and put a bulkhead in each, then put a piece of pipe connecting them together. One other thing would be to elevate the sump about 4" or so, then drill it and install a bulkead and a pvc elbow draining water into the 10 gal tank and them pump into main tank.
 
gwh57

gwh57

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Originally Posted by discus guy
can i just connect them togeter side by side and do it that way or will that not really do anything
If you set one up about 4" higher than the other all you need is a bulkhead in one about 4" from the top. When the water level reaches the bulkhead it will flow into the second tank. Just plumb the first tank to drain into the second one.
 
gwh57

gwh57

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Here is a quick sketch of the way mine works.

Water comes to the one on the left from the display. It drains to the second one. The pump is in the second one and it goes back to the display. The first one has sand, LR and macroalgae.
 
gwh57

gwh57

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Originally Posted by discus guy
ok so the first tank if the fuge and the second one is the sump going from eft to right
Yes, that just seamed to be the easy way for me.
 
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